Ewaso Lions

Jan - Boston, on 04 Oct 2008

Shivani:

I’m sure you must have had mixed emotions at closing Echo Lima. What will you do and where will you stay on your return from safari? Will you be back at STE camp in the reserve?

The thought just occurred to me, since you are working so closely with the communities, do you have any way of showing a movie to them?
Simon and Tanya Trevor have some excellent wildlife conservation DVD’s that they give free to the schools and wildlife groups in Kenya to try and encourage people to become more aware of conserving. I’m sure if you contacted Tanya at http://africanenvironmentalfilms.squarespace.com/ she would be able to get some of these awesome DVD’s to you. I’ve seen “Elephants of Tsavo”, “Wanted Dead or Alive”, “Keepers of the Kingdom”, “Tombs below Aruba”, “Black Rhino : On the Brink”, “Natural Security”, “Running Dry” and “A Keeper’s Diary”. They are all wondrously done and would help encourage people to be more aware and caring of the animals they share their lives with.

Also hope that when you have a chance you’ll post any interesting things you saw on your safari.

ewasolions, on 09 Oct 2008

It was definitely sad closing the Echo Lima camp, but its only temporarily. I hope to reopen in West Gate in December some time. I will be leaving for university for 4 weeks which was one of the main reasons to close camp. I will still be keeping track of the lions as I am currently moving between the reserve and West Gate. Over the last few days, I have been living in one of the villages at West Gate. So although Echo Lima camp is closed, tracking lions keeps going whereever I am!

The films you suggested sound great Jan. I will definitely look out for them. I hope to get a mobile film unit soon - maybe over the next few months - so I can start showing films again. Its one of my favourite things to do -show wildlife films to the local communities.